Two persons were on Tuesday evening, July 12, allegedly sh@t de@d by policemen attached to a VIP in Effurun, Uvwie LGA of Delta State.
The policemen who were in a convoy was said to have opened fir£ after a tricyclist scratched one of their cars while trying to overtake them.
It was gathered that the two passengers in the tricycle, popularly known as keke, d#ed on the spot, while the tricyclist escaped with g#nshot inj#ry.
The deceased have been identified as Charles Okpako, 29, and Apepe, a new dad.
According to Okpako’s brother, “My brother d#ed along with his friend in a keke. They were sh@t by police escort attached to a VIP in Ogbolokposo while they were returning home from work.
The police sh@t them because the keke rider scratched one of the cars in their convoy. Charles and his friend, Apepe, a man whose wife put to bed barely six months ago, d#ed on the spot while the keke rider survived with a b#llet inj#ry in his shoulder. The VIP, according to eyewitnesses, is a popular pastor of a big church in Warri.”
Confirming the incident to newsmen, spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe said, “I can’t confirm the entire report. However, yes, we got the report that a yet-to-be-identified convoy around the community had an argument with the Keke, and one of the security operatives sh@t at the keke k#lling two persons. Investigation is on to unravel the identity of the people who did this dastardly act.”
